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reagan, but there's also, you know, the ronald reagan florida turnpike and the ronald reagan minuteman missile site in cooperstown, north carolina. there's ronald reagan elementary schools and middle schools, everywhere from idaho to yuma, arizona, to grand prairie, texas. there's everything from the existing mt. reagan in new hampshire to a ronald reagan bust that is apparently inside a mcdonald's in tuscaloosa, alabama. it all counts. it's all on the reagan legacy project clickable map. even the one in the mcdonald's. conservative activists trying to pump up ronald reagan's legacy have proposed that ronald reagan displace ulysses s. grant on the $50 bill. at one time, they even proposed that ronald reagan be put on the dime. but that might be a little bit of a hard sell, since the person who's on the dime right now is fdr and he does have his fans that sort of, i think, anticipated backlash led to their novel proposal that the united states should have two different kinds of dimes, some with fdr in them, some with ronald reagan on them. it's one thing to have a quarter for every stat
reagan, but there's also, you know, the ronald reagan florida turnpike and the ronald reagan minuteman missile site in cooperstown, north carolina. there's ronald reagan elementary schools and middle schools, everywhere from idaho to yuma, arizona, to grand prairie, texas. there's everything from the existing mt. reagan in new hampshire to a ronald reagan bust that is apparently inside a mcdonald's in tuscaloosa, alabama. it all counts. it's all on the reagan legacy project clickable map. even...
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she made ronald reagan possible. she made ronald reagan presidency possible. we think of her at tas making p popular. when they met in the 1950s, he was at the ebb of his professional career. he came back from world war ii. his audiences in hollywood were not what they were before and she basically stood at his side and brought him back not only as an actor in a few movies and they were together in a movie called "hellcats of the navy," the only time they acted together, but she was an essential collaborate never his career. one thing about nancy, when she was alive, it would always say, ronnie, i had a bit part, i didn't have sr. much to do with this. i think now that she's no longer with us and we begin to learn more and more about that marriage, i think we will increasingly see how essential it was for ronald reagan's success as a politician and president for her to be at his side. >> michael, i'm going ask you to stay with us. but right now for all of you tuning in, nbc's lester holt looks at the life of the former first lady. >> nancy davis was an actress
she made ronald reagan possible. she made ronald reagan presidency possible. we think of her at tas making p popular. when they met in the 1950s, he was at the ebb of his professional career. he came back from world war ii. his audiences in hollywood were not what they were before and she basically stood at his side and brought him back not only as an actor in a few movies and they were together in a movie called "hellcats of the navy," the only time they acted together, but she was...
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the reagan letters. >> hello, everyone. what made ronald reagan special? his optimism, confidence, love of country? to nancy reagan, his wife and constant come panian for more than half a century what made him special was his devotion and their boundless love for each other. romance may not be what we associate with politics or even when the real life world of hollywood the reagans once inhabited but the bond between ronald and nancy reagan was undeniable. their friends saw it and the country saw it during their eight years as america's first couple. she protected him, advised him, worried about him, and he returned that devotion in full measure, something made clear by the publication of a treasure troef of love letters he wrote to her. letters, notes, cards, telegrams, dating back almost to when they first met and continuing uninterrupted for decades. reagan's personality shines through in these letters, addressing my darling wife, glamour puss. nancy pants, my beloved first lady and signed first papa, your roommate, your husband. messages from the heart
the reagan letters. >> hello, everyone. what made ronald reagan special? his optimism, confidence, love of country? to nancy reagan, his wife and constant come panian for more than half a century what made him special was his devotion and their boundless love for each other. romance may not be what we associate with politics or even when the real life world of hollywood the reagans once inhabited but the bond between ronald and nancy reagan was undeniable. their friends saw it and the...
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ronald reagan was 94 years old. she died from congestive heart failure. nbc's lester holt looks at the life of the former first lady. nancy davis met ronald reagan on the mgm lot in 1949. he was already a star. though she had her own hollywood dreams she said she found her greatest role as his wife. >> i think i was born to be married. i was the happiest girl in the world when i became we. >> reporter: they married in 1952, a simple ceremony and appeared together in "hellcats of the navy." >> you knew better. >> how could i know? did you give me a post dated check? >> reporter: from them on by her own description her life was devoted to her husband as mother to their two children and as step mother to his two children by former wife then came politics and her long career as a first lady. first in california to governor ronald reagan in 1966. >> what is ronnie's greatest asset for the women voters? >> just being ronnie, i guess. >> reporter: then to president reagan in 1980. after the president was shot by a would-be
ronald reagan was 94 years old. she died from congestive heart failure. nbc's lester holt looks at the life of the former first lady. nancy davis met ronald reagan on the mgm lot in 1949. he was already a star. though she had her own hollywood dreams she said she found her greatest role as his wife. >> i think i was born to be married. i was the happiest girl in the world when i became we. >> reporter: they married in 1952, a simple ceremony and appeared together in "hellcats...
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bush and ronald reagan. he was turning against policies in iraq, failure to keep north korea from nuclear weapons and certainly barack obama he thinks did some of that, but so did the two bushes and to some extent ronald reagan. >> thank you for talking to us about this tonight. even before i heard the speech i knew i wanted to ask you what you thought of this. >> it will be fascinating to watch it unfold. >> thank you. we'll be right back. >>> last month a little girl from flint, michigan sent a letter to president obama. she told the president in her letter that meeting him quote would really lift people's spirits. well this week which marks two years since flint was lead poisoned because of the actions of the government, this week president obama wrote her back and said he's on his way. president obama has put a trip to flint, michigan on his schedule. he'll be there next week on wednesday. this will be his first trip to flint since the lead pointing crisis started there. he says he hopes to meet with off
bush and ronald reagan. he was turning against policies in iraq, failure to keep north korea from nuclear weapons and certainly barack obama he thinks did some of that, but so did the two bushes and to some extent ronald reagan. >> thank you for talking to us about this tonight. even before i heard the speech i knew i wanted to ask you what you thought of this. >> it will be fascinating to watch it unfold. >> thank you. we'll be right back. >>> last month a little...
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and so ronald reagan had his inauguration day. at 8:31 that morning the outgoing president jimmy carter advised the incoming president, ronald reagan, oh, by the way, the hostages are getting out today. and then ronald reagan was sworn in and in tehran the planes carrying the hostages took off. and at 2:00 in the morn that day the newly sworn-in president ronald reagan was able to make the announcement that at long last after 14 months those hostages were coming home. and then the first thing that he did as a former president, jimmy carter, who negotiated the release of the prisoners and who got it done as his last act as president, the first thing he did as a former president is that he flew to germany to greet the freed americans. and the crowd held signs that said "thanks, jimmy." he did it. took it fought very last moments of his presidency but he got them out. >> it is worth emphasizing that iran released our hostages in 1981 the day ronald reagan was sworn into office. >> which is true. but he didn't do it. ronald reagan did
and so ronald reagan had his inauguration day. at 8:31 that morning the outgoing president jimmy carter advised the incoming president, ronald reagan, oh, by the way, the hostages are getting out today. and then ronald reagan was sworn in and in tehran the planes carrying the hostages took off. and at 2:00 in the morn that day the newly sworn-in president ronald reagan was able to make the announcement that at long last after 14 months those hostages were coming home. and then the first thing...
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a president ronald reagan or maybe even a governor ronald reagan. >> so help you, god. >> i congratulate you, sir. >> do you think you're more self-confident? >> yes. because i think maybe more people like me. >> and it's easier to be a little more -- >> i'm -- if i think people like me, i'm better. >> you're willing to open up? >> yeah. >> back in 1981, it was the press that opened up, hitting mrs. reagan with a barrage of criticism. one of the big issues, the first lady spent more than $800,000, much contributed by friends, fixing up the white house. the problem was largely one of timing. mrs. reagan started her lavish redecoration just as her husband started cutting programs for the poor. and just as the country started sliding into recession. for many people, this contrast made the first lady look frivolous. or even worse, insensitive. and there was mrs. reagan's taste for $5,000 designer dresses which caused some to start calling her queenancy. within months she had grown sensitive about even mentioning her clothes within range of reporters. >> bill blass i wore last night for mrs.
a president ronald reagan or maybe even a governor ronald reagan. >> so help you, god. >> i congratulate you, sir. >> do you think you're more self-confident? >> yes. because i think maybe more people like me. >> and it's easier to be a little more -- >> i'm -- if i think people like me, i'm better. >> you're willing to open up? >> yeah. >> back in 1981, it was the press that opened up, hitting mrs. reagan with a barrage of criticism. one of...
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nancy reagan has often said that her life began with ronald reagan. she was in her mid-20s when they met in 1949. he was then in his late 30s and newly divorced. reagan's first wife was fellow actor jane wyman. they married in 1940 and stayed together for eight years, but there's no question that nancy davis who became the second mrs. reagan was the love of ronald reagan's life. that was evident in every letter he wrote to her. in our conversation, i asked mrs. reagan if she shared his gift for writing. what about the letters she wrote to him? >> i found some of the letters in his desk, but i didn't write him the way that he wrote me. i couldn't. i mean, i just couldn't do it. >> there is something wonderful about getting a letter and opening it and feeling the feel of the paper. >> yep. >> in your fingers and seeing someone's handwriting, which makes it so meaningful and personal obviously. >> and warmer, yes. oh, yes. >> to my wife, on christmas day, 1978. it's amazing what that four letter word wife covers when it's applied to you. it means a compa
nancy reagan has often said that her life began with ronald reagan. she was in her mid-20s when they met in 1949. he was then in his late 30s and newly divorced. reagan's first wife was fellow actor jane wyman. they married in 1940 and stayed together for eight years, but there's no question that nancy davis who became the second mrs. reagan was the love of ronald reagan's life. that was evident in every letter he wrote to her. in our conversation, i asked mrs. reagan if she shared his gift for...
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sincerely, ronald reagan. richard sweat, a new hampshire democratic congressman said ronald reagan turned his vote to a yes. he was then attacked by the gun lobby and he lost his re-election campaign in 1994. we know what president reagan would be saying today if he were still with us. he would support diane feinstein's bill just like he did in 1994. the reaganite position is to support feinstein's assault weapons ban. but self proclaimed reaganite newt gingrich has not been talking about the assault weapons ban in the aftermath of the killing of children and women in newtown, connecticut. newt gingrich doesn't blame the easy availability of assault weapons in this country for the murder of 26 at the sandy hook elementary school. he blames this. >> an anti-religious secular bureaucracy, and secular judiciary, seeking to drive god out of public life. >> newt gingrich was one of the members of congress who received that letter in 1994 co-signed by president reagan, asking him to vote yes on a ban on the domestic
sincerely, ronald reagan. richard sweat, a new hampshire democratic congressman said ronald reagan turned his vote to a yes. he was then attacked by the gun lobby and he lost his re-election campaign in 1994. we know what president reagan would be saying today if he were still with us. he would support diane feinstein's bill just like he did in 1994. the reaganite position is to support feinstein's assault weapons ban. but self proclaimed reaganite newt gingrich has not been talking about the...
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contest of nancy and ronald reagan. of course, the former first lady would have it no other way. he was a huge and formative force in her life. they were married 52 years. it was very central to look back at her life we took just a few years ago. >> reporter: nancy reagan always said her life started when she met her husband, she was his partner, adviser and best friend. as a love story theirs was unrivalled. >> we have had a great life, a great life. i was very blessed to find him. >> reporter: she was born ann francis robins on july 6, 1921 in new york city. her parents divorced when she was a baby. nancy was raised by her aunt while her own mother worked as an actress. when she was 6 her mother remarried and nancy was adopted by her step father, a prominent chicago neurosurgeon. after studying drama nancy went to hollywood. she was signed by mgm in 1949. the year she arrived in hollywood nancy met ronald reagan when he was president of the screen actors guild and already a major movie star. he was a democrat. she was
contest of nancy and ronald reagan. of course, the former first lady would have it no other way. he was a huge and formative force in her life. they were married 52 years. it was very central to look back at her life we took just a few years ago. >> reporter: nancy reagan always said her life started when she met her husband, she was his partner, adviser and best friend. as a love story theirs was unrivalled. >> we have had a great life, a great life. i was very blessed to find him....
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ronald reagan, country came first, not elections. >> in the spotlight tonight, romney as reagan. earlier this week, jeb bush questioned whether either his father, george h.w. bush, or ronald reagan, could get the republican presidential nomination today, saying, back to my dad's time and ronald reagan's time, they got a lot of stuff done with a lot of bipartisan support. reagan would be criticized for doing the things that he did. some republicans took issue with those comments, including former minnesota governor and current vice presidential contender, tim pawlenty, who called mitt romney reagan-esque this morning on "morning joe." >> you know, we just nominated mitt romney, or presumptively nominated mitt romney, who is in the reagan tradition. a conservative with a conservative record, governed effectively in a blue state, working across the aisle. somebody who's produced results. so to look at that and just say, you know, the party wouldn't be capable of endorsing a ronald reagan-type figure today, i think mitt romney is a ronald reagan-type figure. >> last night, fox news's
ronald reagan, country came first, not elections. >> in the spotlight tonight, romney as reagan. earlier this week, jeb bush questioned whether either his father, george h.w. bush, or ronald reagan, could get the republican presidential nomination today, saying, back to my dad's time and ronald reagan's time, they got a lot of stuff done with a lot of bipartisan support. reagan would be criticized for doing the things that he did. some republicans took issue with those comments, including...
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reagan will be buried later this week beside her husband at the ronald reagan presidential library in simi valley, california. she's being remembered today as a loyal adviser, a confidant, a soulmate to president reagan, in a love story that could be a hollywood movie. but nancy's also being remembered as a shrewd deal maker and a groundbreaker in her own right. i'm joined by james baker, who served the reagan white house as chief of staff, later as treasury secretary, and knew nancy reagan well. mr. secretary, thank you for being with us. our condolences to you. you were very close to her and you and tom brokaw spoke to her as recently as february 6th on tom's and ron's shared birthday. >> that's right. we had a very good conversation with her actually, andrea. i was supposed to see her this week in l.a. i make it a practice of seeing her when i go out there, and i go out there two or three times a year. i knew that she was failing physically, by the way, not mentally. she still very much had her marbles. but it's a real loss, and of course your lead-in to the program said it better
reagan will be buried later this week beside her husband at the ronald reagan presidential library in simi valley, california. she's being remembered today as a loyal adviser, a confidant, a soulmate to president reagan, in a love story that could be a hollywood movie. but nancy's also being remembered as a shrewd deal maker and a groundbreaker in her own right. i'm joined by james baker, who served the reagan white house as chief of staff, later as treasury secretary, and knew nancy reagan...
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a president ronald reagan or maybe even been a ghon nor ronald reagan. >> so help me god. >> i congratulate you, sir. >> do you think you're more self-confident? >> yes. because i think maybe more people like me. >> and it's easier to be a little more -- >> i'm -- if i think people like me, i -- i'm better. >> you're willing to open up? >> yeah. >> back in 1981 it was the press that opened up. hitting mrs. reagan with a barrage of criticism. >> the first lady spent more than $800,000 fixing up the white house. >> the problem was largely one of timing. mrs. reagan started her lavish redecoration just as her husband start d cutting programs for the poor and just as the country started sliding into recession. for many people this contrast made the first lady look frivolous or even worse, insensitive. >> and there was mrs. reagan take for $35,000 designer dresses which caused some of them to start calling her queen nancy. >> within months she had groan sensitive about even mentioning her clothes. >> the blouse i wore last time. for mrs. thatcher i'm going to wear -- are we still on? >> as she l
a president ronald reagan or maybe even been a ghon nor ronald reagan. >> so help me god. >> i congratulate you, sir. >> do you think you're more self-confident? >> yes. because i think maybe more people like me. >> and it's easier to be a little more -- >> i'm -- if i think people like me, i -- i'm better. >> you're willing to open up? >> yeah. >> back in 1981 it was the press that opened up. hitting mrs. reagan with a barrage of criticism....
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came to town with ronald reagan. he would have been forgiven at the time for thinking reese, baker was a singing group. the former chief of staff early in the administration, later secretary of the treasury, james baker. thank you, mr. secretary, for being with us. you have had a day to sum up your thoughts of this woman you knew so well and saw so closely on the inside. i'm curious as to how you will remember nancy reagan. >> well, i will remember her in a number of ways, but first i guess as a remarkable woman and the other half of a team that restored america's pride and confidence in itself and reinvigorated really our role, our international -- our role in international affairs around the world. you know, she was ronald reagan's closest adviser. she also was, among other things, his constant protector. she knew when someone in the white house was paddling their own canoe or when they were carrying out the president's agenda. she was very good at that. the president was not particularly good alt firing people. sh
came to town with ronald reagan. he would have been forgiven at the time for thinking reese, baker was a singing group. the former chief of staff early in the administration, later secretary of the treasury, james baker. thank you, mr. secretary, for being with us. you have had a day to sum up your thoughts of this woman you knew so well and saw so closely on the inside. i'm curious as to how you will remember nancy reagan. >> well, i will remember her in a number of ways, but first i...
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bush and ronald reagan. he was turning against policies in iraq, failure to keep north korea from nuclear weapons and certainly barack obama he thinks did some of that, but so did the two bushes and to some extent ronald reagan. >> thank you for talking to us about this tonight. even before i heard the speech i knew i wanted to ask you what you thought of this. >> it will be fascinating to watch it unfold. >> thank you. we'll be right back. billions are spent to confuse and, dare i say it, flummox the american public. "save 16% on car insurance." "switch now..." well at compare.com, we say enough's enough. so we constantly scrutinize millions of rates... answering the question once and for all, who has the lowest. just go to compare.com and get up to 50 free quotes. choose the lowest, and hit purchase. so you can get back to whatever it is you civilians do when you're not thinking about car insurance. compare.com we need to be ready for my name's scott strenfel and r i'm a meteorologist at pg&e. we make sure
bush and ronald reagan. he was turning against policies in iraq, failure to keep north korea from nuclear weapons and certainly barack obama he thinks did some of that, but so did the two bushes and to some extent ronald reagan. >> thank you for talking to us about this tonight. even before i heard the speech i knew i wanted to ask you what you thought of this. >> it will be fascinating to watch it unfold. >> thank you. we'll be right back. billions are spent to confuse and,...
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ronald reagan was actually president. as paul pointed out, the national debt absolutely did explode on reagan's watch. we hear conservatives tell today, the first budget passed exploded those deficits, triggering a massive economic resurgence. but in reality, unemployment spiked to over 10% in reagan's send year of office. his approval rating plummeted, his party was drubed in the 1982 midterms, and the cries of betrayal from the right were loud. richard vigry said, it's not a very conservative administration. it seems like every day, they hit us with something that makes us mad. and it wasn't just the deficit that made conservatives mad at reagan. it was a whole host of issues from school prayer and abortion to diplomacy with the soviet union, where they believed that reagan wasn't living up to the promises he'd made them. at his lowest point in early 1983, there was an effort to recruit of conservative primer challenger to run against him in 1984. quote, what infuriates conservative leaders, "newsweek" wrote at the time
ronald reagan was actually president. as paul pointed out, the national debt absolutely did explode on reagan's watch. we hear conservatives tell today, the first budget passed exploded those deficits, triggering a massive economic resurgence. but in reality, unemployment spiked to over 10% in reagan's send year of office. his approval rating plummeted, his party was drubed in the 1982 midterms, and the cries of betrayal from the right were loud. richard vigry said, it's not a very conservative...
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they are, in fact, the antithesis of ronald reagan and are against everything ronald reagan stood for, and you certainly could talk about big government. the fact that these so-called conservatives in congress along with donald trump have passed the largest spending bill ever. have the largest federal debt ever. exploded the deficit, the yearly deficit. have been more fiscally irresponsible than any congress in u.s. history, and yet -- and yet -- still claim the mantle of reagan while being demagogues. do we have that to run? mika, let's go to break on it and i'll tell all of my conservative friends, take a good, close look at what ronald reagan said, because it's very telling. he didn't say this in, like, june of 1986. this was his farewell speech to america. still ahead on "morning joe" what do we have, mika? >> we'll tell you about a mother and daughter deported to el salvador, but a judge steps in and orders the plane turned around nap story is coming up. you're watching "morning joe." >> and here's reagan. >> -- and since this is the last speech that i will give as president i th
they are, in fact, the antithesis of ronald reagan and are against everything ronald reagan stood for, and you certainly could talk about big government. the fact that these so-called conservatives in congress along with donald trump have passed the largest spending bill ever. have the largest federal debt ever. exploded the deficit, the yearly deficit. have been more fiscally irresponsible than any congress in u.s. history, and yet -- and yet -- still claim the mantle of reagan while being...
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joining me now, michael reagan, ronald reagan's son. michael, very good to see you again. >> good to see you. >> your father's legacy is being invoked by all of the republicans. i want to ask you straight out. what does donald trump have in common with ronald reagan? >> not much. i mean, the fact that they are both running and they both ran for the candidacy for the republican party, that's what they have in common. but that's really where it stops. and i think all of them make a mistake by invoking ronald reagan. ronald reagan was not invoking thomas jefferson and abraham lincoln, he was invoking what he was going to do and how he was going to, in fact, run the presidency of the united states of america. and i think everybody makes a mistake by putting ronald reagan's hat on. they need to put their own hat on to let us know who they are and go forward and win the nomination. >> we have been following your tweets, you have been very active there saying you can't be a trump republican and a reagan republican. tell me why you think there
joining me now, michael reagan, ronald reagan's son. michael, very good to see you again. >> good to see you. >> your father's legacy is being invoked by all of the republicans. i want to ask you straight out. what does donald trump have in common with ronald reagan? >> not much. i mean, the fact that they are both running and they both ran for the candidacy for the republican party, that's what they have in common. but that's really where it stops. and i think all of them...
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crude jokes and this -- ronald reagan raised taxes. ronald reagan compromised. ronald reagan did a lot of things his party now says they're not a big fan of. we saw maybe six months ago the first early debate at the reagan library in front of his air force one, i think the party has come a long way since then, since reagan and since that debate. >> not quite ronald reagan style, we do know that. let's move on to michigan. we had the democratic debate last night and of course the voting is coming up in michigan, and bernie sanders, how did he do in the debate? do you think it's going to be enough for him to actually get some votes there in michigan? >> michigan's become this sort of test case for the entire country because bernie sanders needs to get better votes with minority voters. needs to convince them that he is an advocate for them. and hillary clinton needs to convince blue collar workers that she is a strong ally for them, and just as strong as bernie sanders has convinced a lot of blue collar workers across this country that he's their guy. so this is s
crude jokes and this -- ronald reagan raised taxes. ronald reagan compromised. ronald reagan did a lot of things his party now says they're not a big fan of. we saw maybe six months ago the first early debate at the reagan library in front of his air force one, i think the party has come a long way since then, since reagan and since that debate. >> not quite ronald reagan style, we do know that. let's move on to michigan. we had the democratic debate last night and of course the voting is...
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now, people who love ronald reagan, love this speech. honestly, people who just love american politics love this speech. this speech from ronald reagan a week before the election has come to be known as the time for choosing speech. ronald reagan delivered it as a paid ad on national tv exactly one week before american voters went to the polls in november 1964 to choose between lbj and barry gold water. >> you and i have a ran day view with destiny. preserve for our children the last best hope of man on earth or sentence them to take the last step into a thousand years of darkness. >> even if you disagree with the political philosophy, even if you disagree with the case he laid out in that speech, it's funny, going back and listening to it now, i forgotten how snarkky and snide it was. it gets talked about like it was reagan receiving wisdom on stone tablets. he was up there throwing shame and insults. regardless of what you think of reagan, regardless of what you think of that speech itself. that speech from october 1964, it will always
now, people who love ronald reagan, love this speech. honestly, people who just love american politics love this speech. this speech from ronald reagan a week before the election has come to be known as the time for choosing speech. ronald reagan delivered it as a paid ad on national tv exactly one week before american voters went to the polls in november 1964 to choose between lbj and barry gold water. >> you and i have a ran day view with destiny. preserve for our children the last best...
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ronald reagan in his mind when he went to bed at night or thought about things was ronald reagan the commentator, but ronald reagan, the governor, ronald reagan the president was a very different kind of a fish. ronald reagan realized when he cut taxes too much that he won, he came back a year later and had the biggest tax increase in history. that doesn't get into the ted cruz record book. he realized that social security was a very popular program, and after trying to mess with it in '81 and '82, he came back in '83 with a very progressive fix for social security that's lasted all the generations since. so, there was the ronald reagan in that record that he put out, that 78 rpm record in the 1960s, but he got back down to reality, and thanks to nancy reagan, his wife who i spent time with this weekend, and very much thanks to jim baker, he was a pracht capital conservative, like the british conservatives accepted national health after they got back into power with churchill in his second premiership. they didn't go back in time. they realized the public -- in fact, the best quote o
ronald reagan in his mind when he went to bed at night or thought about things was ronald reagan the commentator, but ronald reagan, the governor, ronald reagan the president was a very different kind of a fish. ronald reagan realized when he cut taxes too much that he won, he came back a year later and had the biggest tax increase in history. that doesn't get into the ted cruz record book. he realized that social security was a very popular program, and after trying to mess with it in '81 and...
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yes, that is what the mythical ronald reagan would say, but the real ronald reagan said nothing when saddam used chemical weapons chemical weapons, . you work. and you want to get an mba. but going back to school is hard... because you work. now, capella university offers a revolutionary new way to get your degree. it's called flexpath and it's the most direct path, leveraging what you've learned on the job and focusing on what you need to know so you can get a degree at your pace. and graduate at the speed of you. flexpath from capella university learn more at capella.edu we're so choosy about the cuts of beef that meet our higher kosher standards that only a slow-motion bite can capture all that kosher delight. and when your hot dog's kosher, that's a hot dog you can trust. hebrew national. i don't always have time to eat like i should. that's why i like glucerna shakes. they have slowly digestible carbs to help minimize blood sugar spikes. [ male announcer ] glucerna. helping people with diabetes find balance. exactmale announcer ] glucerna. labor day is here, and getting back to
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ronald reagan, country came first, not elections. >> in the spotlight tonight, romney as reagan. earlier this week, jeb bush questioned whether either his father, george h.w. bush, or ronald reagan, could get the republican presidential nomination today, saying, back to my dad's time and ronald reagan's time, they got a lot of stuff done with a lot of bipartisan support. reagan would be criticized for doing the things that he did. some republicans took issue with there's another way to help erase litter box odor. purina tidy cats. only tidy cats has new odor erasers... making it easy to keep things at home... just the way you want them. new tidy cats with odor erasers. if you made a list of countries from around the world... ...with the best math scores. ...the united states would be on that list. in 25th place. let's raise academic standards across the nation. let's get back to the head of the class. let's solve this. and he didn't stop for three days and nights as he escaped life as a child soldier. twenty years later, he was still running, he just had a different thing driving
ronald reagan, country came first, not elections. >> in the spotlight tonight, romney as reagan. earlier this week, jeb bush questioned whether either his father, george h.w. bush, or ronald reagan, could get the republican presidential nomination today, saying, back to my dad's time and ronald reagan's time, they got a lot of stuff done with a lot of bipartisan support. reagan would be criticized for doing the things that he did. some republicans took issue with there's another way to...
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ronald reagan. they met at a hollywood restaurant. the dinner would be brief, they agreed, because each had an early casting call. in fact, neither had an early casting call. an early casting call was the standard hollywood excuse to put a quick end to unpleasant dinners. but when i opened the door, she wrote later, i knew he was the man i wanted to marry. their meeting lasted through dinner and then into the wee hours at a nearby club. the third age in shakespeare's seven ages of man is the lover, sighing like a furnace with a woeful ballard. shakespeare, of course, is gently mocking young lovers. their passion always burns hot, he said, and then it fades. well, labard never met nancy or her ronnie. they could hardly bear to be apart. when he was on a movie set or on the road for general electric or as a candidate or as governor or as president, he wrote her every single night. when they were together, he hid love notes around the house for her to find. one christmas at pacific palisades, he wrote,
ronald reagan. they met at a hollywood restaurant. the dinner would be brief, they agreed, because each had an early casting call. in fact, neither had an early casting call. an early casting call was the standard hollywood excuse to put a quick end to unpleasant dinners. but when i opened the door, she wrote later, i knew he was the man i wanted to marry. their meeting lasted through dinner and then into the wee hours at a nearby club. the third age in shakespeare's seven ages of man is the...
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msnbc's political correspondent reports. >> ronald reagan. >> ronald reagan. >> ronald reagan. >> i was a big fan, a very big fan of ronald reagan. >> reporter: today, republicans make the pilgrimage to debate at the reagan library in simi valley. in the state where reagan acted -- >> bedtime for bon zoe. starring ronald reagan. >> reporter: and then governored. he's become a republican legend. here in california his once grand old party is all but extinct. no republican carried the state since reagan's re-election and the last one to win statewide was another actor turned politician. >> i'll be back. >> reporter: but the gop hasn't been back since. democrats dominate sacramento. meg whitman lost her race for governor in 2010 and 2016 presidential candidate carly fiorina lost badly in her recent bid for senate. >> that's a generational issue, honestly. people are beginning to figure out that the progressive policies that democrats in that state have pursued over decades are literally destroying people's lives. >> reporter: republicans argue that a fiscally conservative but socially mode
msnbc's political correspondent reports. >> ronald reagan. >> ronald reagan. >> ronald reagan. >> i was a big fan, a very big fan of ronald reagan. >> reporter: today, republicans make the pilgrimage to debate at the reagan library in simi valley. in the state where reagan acted -- >> bedtime for bon zoe. starring ronald reagan. >> reporter: and then governored. he's become a republican legend. here in california his once grand old party is all but...
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reagan's success, and i don't think there would have been a ronald reagan as we knew him without nancy reagan. she was his closest advisor, as a matter of fact, but more than that. she was his constant protector. she was 50% of a team that restored america's pride and confidence in itself after the carter years and reinvigorated america's place in the world. >> and you just talked to jim manning, with her in the white house and then afterwards, let's play a bit of your interview with him. >> and as soon as it cracked, it was the president because she just lit up and once in the same room, the whole room lit up. and it was quite remarkable. i had been around a lot of people in my life, and very few couples had that kind of effect where you could just palpably feel the love in the room when they were together. >> and kelly, as we conclude this, it's going to be a sad day, but also a really celebratory day of a life as well. >> very much so. and in talking with jim manning who was referring to being in the residence when the president would come home and mrs. reagan's demeanor would chang
reagan's success, and i don't think there would have been a ronald reagan as we knew him without nancy reagan. she was his closest advisor, as a matter of fact, but more than that. she was his constant protector. she was 50% of a team that restored america's pride and confidence in itself after the carter years and reinvigorated america's place in the world. >> and you just talked to jim manning, with her in the white house and then afterwards, let's play a bit of your interview with him....
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the real ronald reagan raised taxes 11 times as president. but the ronald reagan who republicans worship would never do that. then today, the head of the house foreign affairs subcommittee on the middle east actually said this. >> we have said this as a responsible nation that the use of chemical weapons is prohibited. it is against the norms of international standards, and to let something like this go unanswered i think will weaken the resolve. i know that president reagan would have never let this happen. he would have stood up to this. >> what president wouldn't have stood up to a middle east dictator using chemical weapons? well, the real ronald reagan wouldn't, and in fact, he didn't. in the regime, they used it repeatedly, and ronald reagan was his enabler. in review of documents, it shows that u.s. intelligence and logist logistical support played a crucial role inshorie i shoring attacks by iranian troops. ronald reagan and george bush authorized the sale of weapons, including poisonous chemicals and deadly biological viruss such as
the real ronald reagan raised taxes 11 times as president. but the ronald reagan who republicans worship would never do that. then today, the head of the house foreign affairs subcommittee on the middle east actually said this. >> we have said this as a responsible nation that the use of chemical weapons is prohibited. it is against the norms of international standards, and to let something like this go unanswered i think will weaken the resolve. i know that president reagan would have...
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that was ronald reagan. and eventually ronald reagan came around to medicare and thought it was pretty good and actually helped make it better. so that's what's going to happen with the affordable care act. and once it's working really well, i guarantee you, they will not call it obama care. >> that was president obama today, apparently enjoying himself, giving his umpteenth speech about health reform, talking about obama care. he was at prince george's community college in largo, maryland, giving that speech today. but what the president said there in the end, about if health reform works out great, they sure won't call it obama care anymore. he has raised that issue before. he's shown an acute awareness that health reform is so closely associated with him personally. he told a funny story about it a couple days at the clinton global initiative. >> you know, in kentucky, it's called like kentucky connecticut, and in idaho, it's called the idaho health care exchange. and there's a story that came out of kent
that was ronald reagan. and eventually ronald reagan came around to medicare and thought it was pretty good and actually helped make it better. so that's what's going to happen with the affordable care act. and once it's working really well, i guarantee you, they will not call it obama care. >> that was president obama today, apparently enjoying himself, giving his umpteenth speech about health reform, talking about obama care. he was at prince george's community college in largo,...
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invoking ronald reagan and garnering this response. >> ronald reagan wasn't a, you know, totally he didn't read the bible every day, seven days a week, but he was a great president, and he was a great president for christianity. and frankly, i would say that i will be a far better leader, i'll be much stronger on borders, i'll be much stronger on protecting the evangelicals. i'll be much, much stronger in protecting our country. >> donald did an interview where he described that he thinks he's bigger than ronald reagan. you know, i think the american people will make that determination. you know, i would note, that ronald reagan spent decades as a principled conservative. spent decades traveling the country, sharing his conservative free market views, defending the constitution. ronald reagan did not spend the first 60 years of his life supporting democratic politicians, advocating for big government politics. supporting things like the t.a.r.p. big bank bailout. supporting things like expanding obamacare to turn it into socialized medicine. that's not what ronald reagan did. >> we've got
invoking ronald reagan and garnering this response. >> ronald reagan wasn't a, you know, totally he didn't read the bible every day, seven days a week, but he was a great president, and he was a great president for christianity. and frankly, i would say that i will be a far better leader, i'll be much stronger on borders, i'll be much stronger on protecting the evangelicals. i'll be much, much stronger in protecting our country. >> donald did an interview where he described that he...
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campaign -- >> under ronald reagan. >> reagan jocks program. >> reagan unemployment. >> the reagan linealliry. >> the ronald reagan reagan technique. >> president reagan. >> president reagan. >> i'm with president reagan. >> but it's not just mr. gingrich. this is what it's like to run a republican campaign. you have to incant reagan, reagan, reagan, you have to propose a policy named reagan. you should consider a pet or a child named reagan maybe. what's it like to see the republican party's decision to elevate ronald reagan as a saint when you are the former president who sat on the inaugural stage with reagan in 1980 and wrote this about him in your diary that day? on the day president reagan was inaugurated president carter wrote this, quote, "i consider him to have an affable and decent man. his life seems to be governed by a few anecdotes and vignettes that he has memorized. he doesn't seem to like to listen -- excuse me. he doesn't seem to listen when anybody talks to him." here's president jimmy carter today on the republican candidates, the religious right, president obama's re-elect
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scott walker thinks the dkt of ronald reagan happened. now with jeb bush getting in the race for president and scott walker and chris christie remaining the two obvious candidates who are running for president and have not yet admitted formally they are running for president, today, the milwaukee journal sentinel published this report saying there are three insiders close to scott walker who are leaking to the journal sentinel that scott walker has finally picked the date to announce formally that he is running for president. he had his wedding on the anniversary of ronald reagan's birth. he is he had his life changing gubernatorial recall election on the anniversary of ronald reagan's death. and we now know that scott walker will formally announce that he is running for president on jump 13th, this will be the 30th anniversary of the exact day that ronald reagan had a benign noncancerous poll yip removed from his large incestin. i know, right? i know. so in terms of who else is going to get in -- i'm sorry, jackie. i think i hurt jackie.
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or a tree or whatever in every county in america after ronald reagan is grover norquist. it is the republican party's chief anti-tax enforcer. there is sort of an interesting coalition of interest here around making ronald reagan into a paradigm of anti-tax doctrine. the very same people pushing the doctrine, they conscripted ronald reagan in that as the chief icon for them if their pursuit. >> was he trying, eric cantor, trying to file off a few edges in this interview? >> you know, i can't say because i haven't seen the rest of the interview. >> well, it sure seemed to me like he was. this was a new image that he was trying to portray. is he going after john boehner's job? >> i don't know if he is yet. john boehner looks a bit weaker. over the last four months or so, republicans from mitch mcconnell to john boehner to eric cantor have been trying to put forward a more conciliatory tone because the ratings for congress are incredibly low now. gallup said congress ended the year with the lowest ratings ever, 11%. lower than the democrats in 2010 before they lost 60-some s
or a tree or whatever in every county in america after ronald reagan is grover norquist. it is the republican party's chief anti-tax enforcer. there is sort of an interesting coalition of interest here around making ronald reagan into a paradigm of anti-tax doctrine. the very same people pushing the doctrine, they conscripted ronald reagan in that as the chief icon for them if their pursuit. >> was he trying, eric cantor, trying to file off a few edges in this interview? >> you...
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ronald reagan, there's a new poll out today from national geographic, which shows that ronald reagan remains wildly popular and that americans want to go back to the 1980s. even though very similar trends happen in the 1980s in the united states. as happened in britain. so there's -- what's fascinating is that it seems like the british people have a memory of what the '80s was actually like, when thatcherism was actually like and america doesn't have as good a memory of reaganism. >> we're a nostalgic crew? >> apparently. >> it speaks to concerted effort to protects the legacy of ronald reagan. to have a narrative of what that president was like, facts be damned. to really put forward this impression. so a lot of people who probably don't even remember reagan as president, yeah he sounds like a good guy. with thatcher -- there's not anybody trying to do that. >> but it's not new. we make narratives, we make myths out of all of our presidents, lincoln, bush, clinton. washington. we make myths about all -- and we remember only what we want to remember. secondly, i think what's really g
ronald reagan, there's a new poll out today from national geographic, which shows that ronald reagan remains wildly popular and that americans want to go back to the 1980s. even though very similar trends happen in the 1980s in the united states. as happened in britain. so there's -- what's fascinating is that it seems like the british people have a memory of what the '80s was actually like, when thatcherism was actually like and america doesn't have as good a memory of reaganism. >>...
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eric cant eric cantor can't handle the truth with ronald reagan. >> he also cut taxes. >> but he did compromise. >> ezra klein of "the washington post" is here to set the record straight. >> good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching and the first votes fort republican nomination are hours away from being cast. i think we might see a surprise in iowa tomorrow. the latest numbers from the public policy polling of have ron paul on top with 20% of the vote in iowa. >> santorum in at 15%. the devil is in the details. in the first day of the poll, ron paul was on top with 29% support. four days later, he was down to 16%. on the other hand, santorum polled at 10% the first couple of days of the polling. on days three and four, his numbers doubled to 20%. what does that mean? santorum has real momentum. he continues his brand of retail politics on the road in iowa. he was so popular at a pisa restaurant in boon, iowa, the owner renamed the chicken salad santorum salad in honor of the candidate. he is a viable auditorium for conservative voters. he is 60% in iowa and gainin
eric cant eric cantor can't handle the truth with ronald reagan. >> he also cut taxes. >> but he did compromise. >> ezra klein of "the washington post" is here to set the record straight. >> good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching and the first votes fort republican nomination are hours away from being cast. i think we might see a surprise in iowa tomorrow. the latest numbers from the public policy polling of have ron paul on top with 20%...
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and ronald reagan elementary school in idaho, fundamentalal school in yuma, arizona, home of ronald reagan fundamental patriots. and ronald reagan peace garden in illinois, peace garden, really? ronald reagan minuteman missile site, sports park in california, all of these are the work of the ronald reagan legacy project, created by american conservatives in 1997 with the express goal of creating a statue, park or road named after ronald reagan in all 3,000 counties. if yours doesn't have it, they're not going to rest until that changes in your county. while mr. reagan was in office, he was one of the most divisive political figures. divisiveness is not necessarily a bad thing, it is just true his supporters liked him a lot, his detractors disliked him a lot. he had a lot of detractors. you wouldn't know that now, but that's in part because the ronald reagan legacy project for a generation has been part of a concerted, conservative effort to make him into a hero, to gloss over what was unpopular about him, how much resistance there was to him in his time. he was almost impeached over iran c
and ronald reagan elementary school in idaho, fundamentalal school in yuma, arizona, home of ronald reagan fundamental patriots. and ronald reagan peace garden in illinois, peace garden, really? ronald reagan minuteman missile site, sports park in california, all of these are the work of the ronald reagan legacy project, created by american conservatives in 1997 with the express goal of creating a statue, park or road named after ronald reagan in all 3,000 counties. if yours doesn't have it,...